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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Description"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Description</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Summary_of_Roles"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Summary of Roles</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Roles"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Roles</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Super_Admin"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Super Admin</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Administrator"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Administrator</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Additional_Admin_Capabilities"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Additional Admin Capabilities</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Editor</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Author"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Author</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Contributor"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Contributor</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Subscriber"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Subscriber</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Special_Cases"><span class="tocnumber">3.7</span> <span class="toctext">Special Cases</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Capability_vs._Role_Table"><span class="tocnumber">3.8</span> <span class="toctext">Capability vs. Role Table</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Capabilities"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Capabilities</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#switch_themes"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">switch_themes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_themes"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">edit_themes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_theme_options"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">edit_theme_options</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#install_themes"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">install_themes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#activate_plugins"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">activate_plugins</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_plugins"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">edit_plugins</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#install_plugins"><span class="tocnumber">4.7</span> <span class="toctext">install_plugins</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.8</span> <span class="toctext">edit_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_files"><span class="tocnumber">4.9</span> <span class="toctext">edit_files</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_options"><span class="tocnumber">4.10</span> <span class="toctext">manage_options</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#moderate_comments"><span class="tocnumber">4.11</span> <span class="toctext">moderate_comments</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_categories"><span class="tocnumber">4.12</span> <span class="toctext">manage_categories</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_links"><span class="tocnumber">4.13</span> <span class="toctext">manage_links</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#upload_files"><span class="tocnumber">4.14</span> <span class="toctext">upload_files</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#import"><span class="tocnumber">4.15</span> <span class="toctext">import</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#unfiltered_html"><span class="tocnumber">4.16</span> <span class="toctext">unfiltered_html</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.17</span> <span class="toctext">edit_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_others_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.18</span> <span class="toctext">edit_others_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.19</span> <span class="toctext">edit_published_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.20</span> <span class="toctext">publish_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.21</span> <span class="toctext">edit_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read"><span class="tocnumber">4.22</span> <span class="toctext">read</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.23</span> <span class="toctext">publish_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_others_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.24</span> <span class="toctext">edit_others_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.25</span> <span class="toctext">edit_published_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_pages_2"><span class="tocnumber">4.26</span> <span class="toctext">edit_published_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.27</span> <span class="toctext">delete_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_others_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.28</span> <span class="toctext">delete_others_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_published_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.29</span> <span class="toctext">delete_published_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.30</span> <span class="toctext">delete_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_others_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.31</span> <span class="toctext">delete_others_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_published_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.32</span> <span class="toctext">delete_published_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_private_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.33</span> <span class="toctext">delete_private_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_private_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.34</span> <span class="toctext">edit_private_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read_private_posts"><span class="tocnumber">4.35</span> <span class="toctext">read_private_posts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_private_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.36</span> <span class="toctext">delete_private_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_private_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.37</span> <span class="toctext">edit_private_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read_private_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4.38</span> <span class="toctext">read_private_pages</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.39</span> <span class="toctext">delete_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#create_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.40</span> <span class="toctext">create_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#unfiltered_upload"><span class="tocnumber">4.41</span> <span class="toctext">unfiltered_upload</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_dashboard"><span class="tocnumber">4.42</span> <span class="toctext">edit_dashboard</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#update_plugins"><span class="tocnumber">4.43</span> <span class="toctext">update_plugins</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_plugins"><span class="tocnumber">4.44</span> <span class="toctext">delete_plugins</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#update_themes"><span class="tocnumber">4.45</span> <span class="toctext">update_themes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#update_core"><span class="tocnumber">4.46</span> <span class="toctext">update_core</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#list_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.47</span> <span class="toctext">list_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#remove_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.48</span> <span class="toctext">remove_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#add_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.49</span> <span class="toctext">add_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#promote_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.50</span> <span class="toctext">promote_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_themes"><span class="tocnumber">4.51</span> <span class="toctext">delete_themes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#export"><span class="tocnumber">4.52</span> <span class="toctext">export</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_comment"><span class="tocnumber">4.53</span> <span class="toctext">edit_comment</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network"><span class="tocnumber">4.54</span> <span class="toctext">manage_network</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#create_products"><span class="tocnumber">4.55</span> <span class="toctext">create_products</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_sites"><span class="tocnumber">4.56</span> <span class="toctext">manage_sites</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.57</span> <span class="toctext">manage_network_users</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network_themes"><span class="tocnumber">4.58</span> <span class="toctext">manage_network_themes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network_options"><span class="tocnumber">4.59</span> <span class="toctext">manage_network_options</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#User_Levels"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">User Levels</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#User_Level_to_Role_Conversion"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">User Level to Role Conversion</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Change_Log"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Change Log</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Resources"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Resources</span></a></li>
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<p>WordPress uses a concept of <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Roles" title="">Roles</a>, designed to give the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Site" title="Glossary">site</a> owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site. A site owner can manage the user access to such tasks as <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts" title="Writing Posts">writing and editing posts</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages" title="Pages">creating Pages</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Manager" title="Links Manager">defining links</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Manage_Categories_SubPanel" title="Manage Categories SubPanel">creating categories</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Comment_Moderation" title="Comment Moderation">moderating comments</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins" title="Managing Plugins">managing plugins</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Themes" title="Themes" class="mw-redirect">managing themes</a>, and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Authors_and_Users_SubPanel" title="Authors and Users SubPanel" class="mw-redirect">managing other users</a>, by assigning a specific role to each of the users.
</p><p>WordPress has six pre-defined roles: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Super_Admin" title="">Super Admin</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Administrator" title="">Administrator</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor" title="">Editor</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Author" title="">Author</a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Contributor" title="">Contributor</a> and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Subscriber" title="">Subscriber</a>.  Each role is allowed to perform a set of tasks called <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Capabilities" title="Glossary">Capabilities</a>. There are many capabilities including "<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_posts" title="">publish_posts</a>", "<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#moderate_comments" title="">moderate_comments</a>", and "<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_users" title="">edit_users</a>". <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Capability_vs._Role_Table" title="">A default set</a> of capabilities is pre-assigned to each role, but other capabilites can be assigned or removed using the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_cap" title="Function Reference/add cap"><tt>add_cap()</tt></a> and  <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_cap" title="Function Reference/remove cap"><tt>remove_cap()</tt></a> functions. New roles can be introduced or removed using the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_role" title="Function Reference/add role"><tt>add_role()</tt></a> and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_role" title="Function Reference/remove role"><tt>remove_role()</tt></a> functions.
</p><p>The <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Super_Admin" title="">Super Admin</a> role allows a user to perform all possible capabilities. Each of the other roles has a decreasing number of allowed capabilities.  For instance, the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Subscriber" title="">Subscriber</a> role has just the "<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read" title="">read</a>" capability.  One particular role should not be considered to be senior to another role.  Rather, consider that roles define the user's responsibilities within the site.
</p>
<a name="Summary_of_Roles" id="Summary_of_Roles"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Summary of Roles</span></h2>
<ul><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Super_Admin_Menu" title="Super Admin Menu" class="mw-redirect">Super Admin</a> – somebody with access to the site network administration features and all other features. See the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network" title="Create A Network">Create a Network</a> article.
</li><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Administrator" title="">Administrator</a> – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.
</li><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor" title="">Editor</a> – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.
</li><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Author" title="">Author</a>  – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.
</li><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Contributor" title="">Contributor</a> – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
</li><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Subscriber" title="">Subscriber</a> – somebody who can only manage their profile.
</li></ul>
<p>Upon installing WordPress, an Administrator account is automatically created.
</p><p>The default role for new users can be set in <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panels</a> &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Settings" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Settings</a> &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#General" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">General</a>.
</p>
<a name="Roles" id="Roles"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Roles</span></h2>
<p>A Role defines a set of tasks a user assigned the role is allowed to perform. For instance, the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Super_Admin_Menu" title="Super Admin Menu" class="mw-redirect">Super Admin</a> role encompasses every possible task that can be performed within a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Network" title="Glossary">Network</a> of virtual WordPress <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Site" title="Glossary">sites</a>. The <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Administrator" title="">Administrator</a> role limits the allowed tasks only to those which affect a single site. On the other hand, the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Author" title="">Author</a> role allows the execution of just a small subset of tasks.
</p><p>The following sections list the default Roles and their capabilities:
</p>
<a name="Super_Admin" id="Super_Admin"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Super Admin</span></h3>
<p>Multisite Super Admins have, by default, all capabilities. The following Multisite-only capabilities are therefore only available to Super Admins:
</p>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network" title="">manage_network</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_sites" title="">manage_sites</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network_users" title="">manage_network_users</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network_themes" title="">manage_network_themes</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_network_options" title="">manage_network_options</a>
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<p>In the case of single site WordPress installation, Administrators are, in effect, Super Admins. As such, they are the only ones to have access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Additional_Admin_Capabilities" title=""> additional admin capabilities</a>.
</p>
<a name="Administrator" id="Administrator"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Administrator</span></h3>
<p>The capabilities of Administrators differs between single site and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Multisite" title="Glossary">Multisite</a> WordPress installations. All administrators have the following capabilities:
</p>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#activate_plugins" title="">activate_plugins</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_others_pages" title="">delete_others_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_others_posts" title="">delete_others_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_pages" title="">delete_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_plugins" title="">delete_plugins</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_posts" title="">delete_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_private_pages" title="">delete_private_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_private_posts" title="">delete_private_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_published_pages" title="">delete_published_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_published_posts" title="">delete_published_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_dashboard" title="">edit_dashboard</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_files" title="">edit_files</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_others_pages" title="">edit_others_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_others_posts" title="">edit_others_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_pages" title="">edit_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_posts" title="">edit_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_private_pages" title="">edit_private_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_private_posts" title="">edit_private_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_pages" title="">edit_published_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_posts" title="">edit_published_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_theme_options" title="">edit_theme_options</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#export" title="">export</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#import" title="">import</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#list_users" title="">list_users</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_categories" title="">manage_categories</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_links" title="">manage_links</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_options" title="">manage_options</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#moderate_comments" title="">moderate_comments</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#promote_users" title="">promote_users</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_pages" title="">publish_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_posts" title="">publish_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read_private_pages" title="">read_private_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read_private_posts" title="">read_private_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read" title="">read</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#remove_users" title="">remove_users</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#switch_themes" title="">switch_themes</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#upload_files" title="">upload_files</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#create_product" title="">create_product</a>
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<a name="Additional_Admin_Capabilities" id="Additional_Admin_Capabilities"></a><h4> <span class="mw-headline"> Additional Admin Capabilities</span></h4>
<p>Only Administrators of single site installations have the following capabilities. In <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Multisite" title="Glossary">Multisite</a>, only the Super Admin has these abilities:
</p>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#update_core" title="">update_core</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#update_plugins" title="">update_plugins</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#update_themes" title="">update_themes</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#install_plugins" title="">install_plugins</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#install_themes" title="">install_themes</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_themes" title="">delete_themes</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_plugins" title="">edit_plugins</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_themes" title="">edit_themes</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_users" title="">edit_users</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#create_users" title="">create_users</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_users" title="">delete_users</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#unfiltered_html" title="">unfiltered_html</a>
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<a name="Editor" id="Editor"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Editor</span></h3>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_others_pages" title="">delete_others_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_others_posts" title="">delete_others_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_pages" title="">delete_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_posts" title="">delete_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_private_pages" title="">delete_private_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_private_posts" title="">delete_private_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_published_pages" title="">delete_published_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_published_posts" title="">delete_published_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_others_pages" title="">edit_others_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_others_posts" title="">edit_others_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_pages" title="">edit_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_posts" title="">edit_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_private_pages" title="">edit_private_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_private_posts" title="">edit_private_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_pages" title="">edit_published_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_posts" title="">edit_published_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_categories" title="">manage_categories</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#manage_links" title="">manage_links</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#moderate_comments" title="">moderate_comments</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_pages" title="">publish_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_posts" title="">publish_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read" title="">read</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read_private_pages" title="">read_private_pages</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read_private_posts" title="">read_private_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#unfiltered_html" title="">unfiltered_html</a> (not with Multisite. See <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/unfiltered-mu/" class="external text" title="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/unfiltered-mu/">Unfiltered MU</a>)
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#upload_files" title="">upload_files</a>
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<a name="Author" id="Author"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Author</span></h3>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_posts" title="">delete_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_published_posts" title="">delete_published_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_posts" title="">edit_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_published_posts" title="">edit_published_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#publish_posts" title="">publish_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read" title="">read</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#upload_files" title="">upload_files</a>
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<a name="Contributor" id="Contributor"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Contributor</span></h3>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#delete_posts" title="">delete_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_posts" title="">edit_posts</a>
</li><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read" title="">read</a>
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<a name="Subscriber" id="Subscriber"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Subscriber</span></h3>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#read" title="">read</a>
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<a name="Special_Cases" id="Special_Cases"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Special Cases</span></h3>
<p>The following capabilities are special cases:
</p>
<dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#unfiltered_upload" title="">unfiltered_upload</a> - This capability is not available to any role by default (including Super Admins). The capability needs to be enabled by defining the following constant:
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<pre>define( 'ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS', true );</pre>
<p>With this constant defined, all roles on a single site install will be given the unfiltered_upload capability, but only Super Admins will be given the capability on a Multisite install.
</p>
<a name="Capability_vs._Role_Table" id="Capability_vs._Role_Table"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Capability vs. Role Table</span></h3>
<p>Note that the capabilities of Administrators <b>differs</b> between single site and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Multisite" title="Glossary">Multisite</a> WordPress installations, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Additional_Admin_Capabilities" title="">as described above</a> .
</p>
<table class="widefat">

<tbody><tr style="background:#464646; color:#d7d7d7;">
<th> Capability</th><th>Super Admin</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Editor</th><th>Author</th><th>Contributor</th><th>Subscriber
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_network</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_sites</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_network_users</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_network_themes</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_network_options</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>unfiltered_html</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#464646; color:#d7d7d7;">
<th> Capability</th><th>Super Admin</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Editor</th><th>Author</th><th>Contributor</th><th>Subscriber
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>activate_plugins</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>create_users</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_plugins</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_themes</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_users</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_files</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_plugins</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_theme_options</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_themes</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_users</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>export</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>import</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#464646; color:#d7d7d7;">
<th> Capability</th><th>Super Admin</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Editor</th><th>Author</th><th>Contributor</th><th>Subscriber
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>install_plugins</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>install_themes</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>list_users</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_options</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>promote_users</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>remove_users</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>switch_themes</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>update_core</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>update_plugins</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>update_themes</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y (single site) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_dashboard</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#464646; color:#d7d7d7;">
<th> Capability</th><th>Super Admin</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Editor</th><th>Author</th><th>Contributor</th><th>Subscriber
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>moderate_comments</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_categories</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>manage_links</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_others_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_others_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_published_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>publish_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_others_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_published_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_others_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_private_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_private_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>read_private_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_private_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_private_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>read_private_pages</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#464646; color:#d7d7d7;">
<th> Capability</th><th>Super Admin</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Editor</th><th>Author</th><th>Contributor</th><th>Subscriber
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_published_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>upload_files</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>create_product</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>publish_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_published_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>edit_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>delete_posts</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>read</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF" style="text-align:center !important"> Y
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#464646; color:#d7d7d7;">
<th> Capability</th><th>Super Admin</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Editor</th><th>Author</th><th>Contributor</th><th>Subscriber
</th></tr></tbody></table>
<a name="Capabilities" id="Capabilities"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Capabilities</span></h2>
<a name="switch_themes" id="switch_themes"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">switch_themes</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options: 
<ul><li> Appearance
</li><li> Appearance &gt; Themes
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_themes" id="edit_themes"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_themes</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to Appearance &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Editor_SubPanel" title="Appearance Editor SubPanel" class="mw-redirect">Theme Editor</a> to edit theme files.
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_theme_options" id="edit_theme_options"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_theme_options</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 3.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options: 
<ul><li> Appearance &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Widgets_SubPanel" title="Appearance Widgets SubPanel" class="mw-redirect">Widgets</a>
</li><li> Appearance &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_SubPanel" title="Appearance Menus SubPanel" class="mw-redirect">Menus</a>
</li><li> Appearance &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Theme_Options_Screen" title="Appearance Theme Options Screen">Theme Options</a> if they are supported by the current theme
</li><li> Appearance &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Background_SubPanel" title="Appearance Background SubPanel" class="mw-redirect">Background</a>
</li><li> Appearance &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Header_SubPanel" title="Appearance Header SubPanel" class="mw-redirect">Header</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="install_themes" id="install_themes"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">install_themes</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.8
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:
<ul><li> Appearance &gt; Add New Themes
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="activate_plugins" id="activate_plugins"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">activate_plugins</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Plugins_-_Add_Functionality_to_your_Blog" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Plugins</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_plugins" id="edit_plugins"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_plugins</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Plugins_-_Add_Functionality_to_your_Blog" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Plugins</a> &gt; <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Plugin_Editor" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Plugin Editor</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="install_plugins" id="install_plugins"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">install_plugins</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.7
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Plugins_-_Add_Functionality_to_your_Blog" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Plugins</a> &gt; Add New
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_users" id="edit_users"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_users</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Users_-_Your_Blogging_Family" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Users</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_files" id="edit_files"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_files</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> <b>Note:</b> No longer used.
</li></ul>
<a name="manage_options" id="manage_options"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">manage_options</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Settings &gt; General
</li><li> Settings &gt; Writing
</li><li> Settings &gt; Reading
</li><li> Settings &gt; Discussion
</li><li> Settings &gt; Permalinks
</li><li> Settings &gt; Miscellaneous
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="moderate_comments" id="moderate_comments"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">moderate_comments</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows users to moderate comments from the Comments SubPanel (although a user needs the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_posts" title="">edit_posts</a> Capability in order to access this)
</li></ul>
<a name="manage_categories" id="manage_categories"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">manage_categories</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Posts &gt; Categories
</li><li> Links &gt; Categories
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="manage_links" id="manage_links"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">manage_links</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Links
</li><li> Links &gt; Add New
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="upload_files" id="upload_files"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">upload_files</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Media
</li><li> Media &gt; Add New
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="import" id="import"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">import</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Tools &gt; Import
</li><li> Tools &gt; Export
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="unfiltered_html" id="unfiltered_html"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">unfiltered_html</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows user to post HTML markup or even JavaScript code in pages, posts, and comments.
</li><li> <b>Note:</b> Enabling this option for untrusted users may result in their posting malicious or poorly formatted code.
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_posts" id="edit_posts"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_posts</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Posts
</li><li> Posts &gt; Add New
</li><li> Comments
</li><li> Comments &gt; Awaiting Moderation
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_others_posts" id="edit_others_posts"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_others_posts</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Manage &gt; Comments (<i>Lets user delete and edit every comment, see edit_posts above</i>)
</li></ul>
</li><li> user can edit other users' posts through function get_others_drafts()
</li><li> user can see other users' images in inline-uploading [no? see <a href="http://trac.wordpress.org/file/trunk/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php" class="external text" title="http://trac.wordpress.org/file/trunk/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php">inline-uploading.php</a>]
</li><li> See <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Exceptions" title="">Exceptions</a>
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_published_posts" id="edit_published_posts"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_published_posts</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> User can edit their published posts. <i>This capability is off by default.</i>
</li><li> The core checks the capability <b>edit_posts</b>, but on demand this check is changed to <b>edit_published_posts</b>.
</li><li> If you don't want a user to be able edit his published posts, remove this capability. <i>(see also <a href="http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/#comment-5602" class="external text" title="http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/#comment-5602">this comment</a> on the <a href="http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/" class="external text" title="http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/">Role Manager Plugin Homepage</a>).</i>
</li></ul>
<a name="publish_posts" id="publish_posts"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">publish_posts</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> See and use the "publish" button when editing their post <i>(otherwise they can only save drafts)</i>
</li><li> Can use XML-RPC to publish <i>(otherwise they get a "Sorry, you can not post on this weblog or category.")</i>
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_pages" id="edit_pages"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_pages</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:  
<ul><li> Pages
</li><li> Pages &gt; Add New
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a name="read" id="read"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">read</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.0
</li><li> Allows access to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels" title="Administration Panels" class="mw-redirect">Administration Panel</a> options:
<ul><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Dashboard_Dashboard_SubPanel" title="Dashboard Dashboard SubPanel" class="mw-redirect">Dashboard</a>
</li><li> Users &gt; Your Profile
</li></ul>
</li><li> <i>Used nowhere in the core code except the menu.php</i>
</li></ul>
<a name="publish_pages" id="publish_pages"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">publish_pages</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.1
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_others_pages" id="edit_others_pages"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_others_pages</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.1
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_published_pages" id="edit_published_pages"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_published_pages</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.1
</li></ul>
<a name="edit_published_pages_2" id="edit_published_pages_2"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">edit_published_pages</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.1
</li></ul>
<a name="delete_pages" id="delete_pages"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">delete_pages</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.1
</li></ul>
<a name="delete_others_pages" id="delete_others_pages"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">delete_others_pages</span></h3>
<ul><li> Since 2.1
</li></ul>
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.1
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<ul><li> Since 2.3
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<ul><li> Since 2.5
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<ul><li> Since 2.6
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<ul><li> Since 3.1
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<ul><li> Since 3.1
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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</li><li> Allows user to add, edit, delete, archive, unarchive, activate, deactivate, spam and unspam new site/blog in the network
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
</li><li> Multi-site only
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<a name="manage_network_themes" id="manage_network_themes"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">manage_network_themes</span></h3>
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<ul><li> Since 3.0
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<p>Prior to version 2.0, WordPress used a user <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/User_Levels" title="User Levels">User Levels</a> system. This was replaced in version 2.0 with the much improved and more extensible Roles and Capabilities system you see today. To maintain backwards compatibility with plugins that still use the user levels system (although this is very much discouraged), the default Roles in WordPress also include Capabilities that correspond to these levels. <b>User Levels were finally deprecated in version 3.0.</b>
</p>
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<tbody><tr style="background:#464646; color:#d7d7d7;">
<th> Capability</th><th>Administrator</th><th>Editor</th><th>Author</th><th>Contributor</th><th>Subscriber
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<td>level_10</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_9</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_8</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_7</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_6</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_5</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_4</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_3</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_2</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_1</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>level_0</td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF"> </td><td bgcolor="#ABCDEF">
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<a name="User_Level_to_Role_Conversion" id="User_Level_to_Role_Conversion"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">User Level to Role Conversion</span></h3>
<ul><li>User Level 0 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Subscriber" title="">Subscriber</a>
</li><li>User Level 1 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Contributor" title="">Contributor</a> 
</li><li>User Level 2 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Author" title="">Author</a>
</li><li>User Level 3 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor" title="">Editor</a>
</li><li>User Level 4 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor" title="">Editor</a>
</li><li>User Level 5 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor" title="">Editor</a>
</li><li>User Level 6 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor" title="">Editor</a>
</li><li>User Level 7 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor" title="">Editor</a>
</li><li>User Level 8 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Administrator" title="">Administrator</a>
</li><li>User Level 9 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Administrator" title="">Administrator</a>
</li><li>User Level 10 converts to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Administrator" title="">Administrator</a>
</li></ul>
<a name="Change_Log" id="Change_Log"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Change Log  </span></h2>
<ul><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_1.5" title="Version 1.5">1.5</a>: User Levels system was introduced.
</li><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.0" title="Version 2.0">2.0</a>: Roles and Capabilities system was introduced.
</li><li> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0" title="Version 3.0">3.0</a>: User Levels system deprecated &amp; Multisite Super Admins introduced.
</li></ul>
<a name="Resources" id="Resources"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Resources</span></h2>
<ul><li> <b>Plugins</b>:
<ul><li> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/" class="external text" title="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/">Members Plugin</a>
</li><li> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/" class="external text" title="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/">Role Scoper Plugin</a> 
</li><li> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-access-manager/" class="external text" title="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-access-manager/">User Access Manager</a>
</li><li> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-access-manager/" class="external text" title="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-access-manager/">Advanced Access Manager</a>
</li><li> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/" class="external text" title="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/">User Role Editor</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<ul><li> <b>Information</b>:
<ul><li> <a href="http://boren.nu/archives/2005/12/01/whats-new-in-20-roles-and-capabilities/" class="external text" title="http://boren.nu/archives/2005/12/01/whats-new-in-20-roles-and-capabilities/">Ryan Boren's What's New in 2.0: Roles and Capabilities</a>
</li><li> <a href="http://www.wphardcore.com/2010/ultimate-guide-to-roles-and-capabilities" class="external text" title="http://www.wphardcore.com/2010/ultimate-guide-to-roles-and-capabilities">Ultimate Guide to Roles and Capabilities in WordPress Plugins and Themes</a>
</li><li> <a href="http://web-profile.com.ua/wordpress/dev/user-capabilities/" class="external text" title="http://web-profile.com.ua/wordpress/dev/user-capabilities/">Simple explanation of user roles and capabilities</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<p><br>
</p>
<ul><li> <b>Dev</b>:
<ul><li> <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2005-July/001707.html" class="external text" title="http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2005-July/001707.html">Hackers email list Original User Capability discussion</a>
</li><li> related functions: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/current_user_can" title="Function Reference/current user can"><tt>current_user_can()</tt></a>, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/user_can" title="Function Reference/user can"><tt>user_can()</tt></a>
</li><li> You can set and get a user's role and capabilities programmatically using the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_User" title="Class Reference/WP User"><tt>WP_User</tt></a> class.
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<p><strong class="selflink"><b>Roles and Capabilities</b></strong>:
<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_role" title="Function Reference/add role">add_role()</a>,
<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_role" title="Function Reference/remove role">remove_role()</a>,
<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_role" title="Function Reference/get role">get_role()</a>,
<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_cap" title="Function Reference/add cap">add_cap()</a>,
<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_cap" title="Function Reference/remove cap">remove_cap()</a>
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